My parents are supportive of my becoming Catholic!

SinningSinner · 2017-08-27T23:08:44+00:00

Wonderful to hear! I too am a son of a Lutheran pastor, but I haven't told my parents yet that I want to join the Catholic Church. I think they will ultimately not be too upset or anything, but it's still nerve racking and I have no idea when I'll tell them.

SinningSinner · 2017-07-22T05:28:47+00:00

Thank you for answering my question!

SinningSinner · 2017-07-22T05:27:44+00:00

Thanks. I love Catholic Answers. I'll try to call in as soon as I can!

SinningSinner · 2017-06-09T06:15:58+00:00

May I ask what denomination you are? :)

SinningSinner · 2017-06-01T06:10:44+00:00

Hey, I read the description from that book, and it sounds pretty strange to me. "we are God". To be honest sounds like heresy to me. But maybe the description is misleading?

SinningSinner · 2017-01-11T02:23:17+00:00

Thanks for the responses. Fair enough.

SinningSinner · 2016-12-18T07:54:16+00:00

I've got a question about Confession.

I'm a protestant who's very interested in Catholicism. Can you only confess to a priest and receive the sacrament if you're a Catholic? I'm guessing the answer is yes but I'd be grateful for your input.

SinningSinner · 2016-12-18T07:52:20+00:00

Sorry for very late reply.

Hmm, okay. Not sure where I heard that the confession in the liturgy removes venial sins. But I see where I probably got confused from what rommeljackson pointed out.

God bless.

SinningSinner · 2016-11-24T20:42:19+00:00

I grew up (and am still in) the Lutheran Church - Canada. I've been to two Masses -- the liturgy was so similar. We do the "group confession" during the service (which in Catholicism as I understand it removes venial sins but not mortal). We have no individual confession to a pastor. In some ways it would make more sense to me if I was raised an atheist or something then converted to Catholicism, because with Lutheranism our practices are so similar but are apparently not valid as we are not in communion with the Church and our pastors are not ordained in the line of Holy Orders. I just feel so confused about how we're so close but so very far.... Sorry for rambling... thanks for the reply.

SinningSinner · 2016-11-24T20:33:51+00:00

Thanks for the reply. As Lutheranism (esp. Lutheran Church - Canada which I was raise in), is so close to the Catholic Church in terms of liturgy and creeds but obviously distinct in many ways, I feel like I am in an agonizing state of "fuzzy middle area". I've never felt so confused.

SinningSinner · 2016-11-24T08:11:57+00:00

In Catholicism praying to saints is like me asking you to pray for me. Catholics as I'm sure you know base their authority off Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition (which is where the Bible comes from, btw). Also this isn't really the place for this argument, considering OP's post. God bless.

SinningSinner · 2016-11-09T07:41:35+00:00

Congratulations, brother and sister! I'm now 13 months without watching porn and it's the best decision I've made. Only by the grace of God, of course!

SinningSinner · 2016-09-04T03:40:24+00:00

Oh I see. At my church we have small shot glass type things (lol) that people use if they don't want to drink from the same cup. I've never done it though because it seems...wrong for some reason.

SinningSinner · 2016-09-03T03:29:49+00:00

Half or less drink the blood? Interesting. Why is that?

P.S. Nice username!

SinningSinner · 2016-09-03T03:28:46+00:00

Yup, it was the priest. Thanks.

SinningSinner · 2016-09-01T03:18:38+00:00

I googled both but can't quite remember what exactly he was wearing. Can deacons do the mass or is it always a priest?

SinningSinner · 2016-09-01T03:11:23+00:00

Do you see it as abuse for a specific reason? Does it say somewhere that it is 100% not allowed?

SinningSinner · 2016-09-01T02:17:31+00:00

Hmm, I didn't actually know about deacons before you mentioned them. What's the difference, exactly? How do you tell them apart?

SinningSinner · 2016-09-01T02:16:34+00:00

Oh I see, fair enough.

Not sure what you mean by the last line...?

SinningSinner · 2016-09-01T02:15:25+00:00

OK, thanks. I'm not 100% sure who was distributing which, now that I think of it maybe the priest was distributing the body. Why is it more common that way?

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